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Board of Police Commissioners meeting room
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Some of Zac's friends made a trip downtown recently and spoke to the Police Commission about the events that occurred on the evening of June 24, 2010. We made some other visits too that day. We'll tell you more about those visits later.
You know, anyone can speak before the Police Commission. They aren't scary and they don't bite. See for yourselves; here's a video clip of that meeting -- click here. Fast forward to the 15 minute mark.
Who sits on the Police Commission board? Well, that would be:
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And what is the purpose of the Police Commission?
from the LAPD website:
Under the City Charter, the Board of Police Commissioners is the head of the Police Department. The Board sets overall policy while the Chief of Police manages the daily operations of the Department and implements the Board’s policies or policy direction and goals.
10 comments:
Are they still insisting upon investigating their own department?
I knew from the second I read the statements about what occurred, something wasn't right. Where those involved put on administrative leave, while it was investigated? Why did it take so long to notify his mother? So many questions to be answered. If a police officers job is to serve and protect, why is it okay to use such force in such a public place?
If Zac had 'rammed' the deputy at a high speed, as one of the reports says the police claims, how is it that the deputy stood up, started shooting, and only walked off with scrapes and bruises? If the car had been speeding, wouldn't the deputy have been severely injured?
Mariela,
Good question. I don't think Zac's car was moving at all. There are skid marks that appeared right before the broken glass we all saw. That tells me that he slammed on his brakes. That's exactly what Zac would have done. He would never have injured another person. I've never even seen him yell at anyone.
If the department is so sure that no mistake has occurred then why hasn't their investigation reached a verdict yet it's been almost 3 months, doesn't that suggest they're trying to cover something up
Whenever I hear any detail concerning all of this complicated mess, only word word comes to mind. Why? No matter how many facts we know, that question still remains to be answered in every case.
Shouldn't it be a matter of procedure, to protect public safety, that officers don identifying clothing if they are going to use public spaces for their "operations" and their need for secrecy is essentially over when they "debrief"???
I found this quote in a news item by AnneMarie Baranik dated Sept.13 at studiocitypatch.com:
Los Angeles Sheriff Detective Don Walls said "the report is not complete yet and then it will be reviewed by the District Attorney's Office, these things take some time".
He also said "Zachary's action caused a reaction".
If this is an accurate report of statements made by Sheriff Detective Don Walls then it is obvious that Detective Walls must be removed immedeatly from this investigation and placed on administrative leave.
In addition, a separate investigation should commence into all Detective Walls actions and communications related to Zac's killing.
In the first statement Detective Walls tells us that the report is not finished. In the second statement he offers a conclusion for the report.
That is not how it works, Detective Walls! This man needs to be thoroughly retrained or sent back to chalking tires.
Walls cannot be allowed to have any further access to evidence and he must be completely prohibited from contacting witnesses.
Detective Walls statements indicate serious violations of policy and procedure may have occurred.
He may have also engaged in conduct which falls under the charge of "obstruction of justice"
and that is why an independent investigation of his actions must begin now!
Commissioner Alan J. Skobin is a Reserve Deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department.
I call upon Commissioner Skobin to prepare a report listing all formal and informal communication he has had regarding the Zac Champommier investigation. He should submit that report to the minutes of the commission and then remove himself from active participation in the matter.
It would be in the interest of building trust with the community for all of the commission members and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck to report all formal and informal contacts and communications with regard to the Zac Champommier investigation.
The time has come to revisit the inaction of the LAPD attributed to an existing "memorandum of understanding".
The accomodations made as courtesy to a fellow agency have by now extended beyond the most generous interpretation implied by the term "memorandum of understanding".
Let us allow Captain Eisenberg and Captain Hayakawa of the North Hollywood Station along with Valley Bureau Robbery/Homicide to structure an investigation geared toward producing a reliable and transparent investigation report of individuals and events leading to and including the shooting of Zachary Champommier on June 24, 2010 in Studio City.
Towards that goal, the station captains and Robbery/Homicide should be granted permission to structure an investigation removed and insulated from the normal LAPD command and control heirarchy
The detective(s) assigned must be vetted for any prior relationship or activity which could create a bias for L.A. County Sheriff.
If they cannot achieve this from within the department then allow them to draw outside assistance.
The United Nations will gladly assist. They have access to professional investigators who have worked under every imaginable circumstance. And have experience preparing evidence for submission to the World Court in Den Hague.
They can send someone from Mongolia who has never been to the U.S. Which might be the best approach to take.
If that investigator is provided a translator, a good support team and given full access then he can bypass the b.s.
He will walk right up to the truth, report it and go back to Mongolia. He doesn't know the
local pecking order.
Anyone who doesn't want their toes stepped on needs to move their feet out of the way.
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